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Antarctica is roughly semicircular, with a radius of 2000 km.The average thickness of its ice cover is 3000 m.How many cubic centimetres of ice does Antarctica contain? (Ignore the curvature of Earth.)
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Area of the Antarctica ice A=π×(R)
2
where, R is the radius .
A=(π×2000×2000)m
2
A=1.257×10
13
m
2
Volume of the ice in Antarctica V=A∗H
where, H is the height
V=(1.257×10
13
×3000)m
3
V=3.77×10
16
m
3
Now, to convert cubic meter to cubic cm
V=3.77×10
16
/10
−6
cm
3
V=3.77×10
22
cm
3
